FOLK BALLANDS HAVE LONG BEEN A WAY OF EXPRESSING SADNESS. IN CANADA THE BALLAD OF THE SRINGHILL MINE IS ONE THAT COMES TO MIND. I,M ASKING ALL SONG WRITER IN AMERICA IS IT TO EARLY IN THE GRIEVING PROCESS TO WRITE A RESPECTFUL BALLAD ABOUT THIS TRAGIC POINT IN AMERICAN AND WORLD HISTORY. A COUNTRY SINGER? I HEAR MADE AN ATTEMPT AT A SONG AND IT WAS WELL RECIEVED SO i THING IT IS TIME FOR AN AMERICAN AND KNOW ONE ELSE TO PUT PEN TO PAPER AND WRITE ONE THAT WILL STAND FOR A LONG TIME AS ABENCHMARK BALLAD OF THIS HORRIBLE EVENT.